Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] have [been] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this he did not mean the philosophical proofs of God 's existence or the natural religion which had been the focus of so much discussion in the eighteenth century , and which he and Barth , like Schleiermacher and Ritschl before them , had rejected . |
| 2 | Observers noted an absence of the intimidation and violence which had been a feature of previous elections , all of which had been closely fought . |
| 3 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 4 | But it did nothing to change the institutional stagnation which had been the result of consensus decision-making . |
| 5 | Just imagine having a mummy who 'd been a Brownie Guider but who would n't let you be a Brownie ! |
| 6 | Sir Cyril Norwood was the head of an Oxford college who had been the head of a Public School and written about leadership . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most important commercial change since the invention of incorporation itself has been the rise of groups of companies with interlinking control and ownership . |
| 8 | 10.4 If , after returning to work , an employee who has been the victim of an incident of violence at work requests a transfer to other duties , such a request will be treated sympathetically . |
| 9 | ‘ But within our association there has been no noticable number of bankruptcies . |
| 10 | ‘ But within our association there has been no noticable number of bankruptcies . |
| 11 | On the import side there has been a disturbing trend comprising two related factors : |
| 12 | Last spring there 'd been a blackbird 's nest in the tree by the goal-post in the school playing-fields . |
| 13 | As a result there has been a substantial growth in customer visits and a significant increase in our market share . |
| 14 | Recently in the Department there has been an instance of a telephone order which has been brought to my attention by the County Council auditors . |
| 15 | ‘ Since Patsy 's murder there has been a sea change in attitude towards us by the military , ’ said Alec , a 45-year-old Catholic who has worked for the MoD since before the Troubles . |
| 16 | Already in this chapter there has been a discussion of the factors which appear to contribute to varying regional prosperity . |
| 17 | At Pagham Harbour there has been a very sharp increase from one to three pairs up to 1974 to 12 in 1976 . |
| 18 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that under Conservative rule there has been a 30 per cent . |
| 19 | Over the long term there has been an ‘ age-migration ’ of the accident statistics , whereby the number of under-15s killed per annum has fallen by 61 per cent from 1927–82 compared to an 80 per cent increase for the 15–24 year old group . |
| 20 | As with other elements of gerontological research there has been a tendency to treat the institutional population as a homogeneous social group . |
| 21 | As a result it has been a relatively simple matter to audit and evaluate the original decisions of two years ago . |
| 22 | By daylight it had been a sculptured shaft fluted with runnels of light and darkness , withdrawing stage by stage in charmed proportion , shedding weight and gaining impetus as it soared . |
| 23 | Their effects can not be isolated from the HLCA system ; in essence it has been the availability of substantial levels of grant plus the guarantee of HLCAs on the increased numbers of animals which can be kept on the agriculturally improved grassland , which together have constituted a substantial incentive for such capital improvements . |
| 24 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the change in manufacturing industry productivity in the past 10 years . |
| 25 | They had this very unhealthy large majority and they put before the House a Bill which offered total deregulation of shopping hours and to all intents and purposes stripped out nearly all the employment protection which has been a hallmark of Sunday trading legislation , certainly for the past century . |
| 26 | Even the products division which has been a long time drag on profitability improved its performance , and was well up too . |
| 27 | The decision , following a public inquiry in February , clears the way for a controversial gipsy transit camp which has been the subject of a long-running dispute between Warrington Borough and Cheshire County councils . |
| 28 | You aroused an interest for me in literature which has been a resource to me for the rest of my life and a source of real enjoyment . |
| 29 | The late fifth-century Legend of St Sylvester was represented in the portico or main entrance of the medieval Lateran basilica which had been the church of the Emperor Constantine . |
| 30 | Firstly , the Perpetual High Income which has been a consistently good performer from a good fund management group ; then Mercury 's European Income Fund on the basis that it is probably a very good time to invest in Europe , with interest rates about to fall there . |